Chapter 82, 19 verses
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ إِذَا السَّمَاءُ انفَطَرَتْ
When the sky breaks apart
When the Sky is cleft asunder;
وَإِذَا الْكَوَاكِبُ انتَثَرَتْ
And when the stars fall, scattering,
When the Stars are scattered;
وَإِذَا الْبِحَارُ فُجِّرَتْ
And when the seas are erupted
When the Oceans are suffered to burst forth;
وَإِذَا الْقُبُورُ بُعْثِرَتْ
And when the [contents of] graves are scattered,
And when the Graves are turned upside down; -
عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّا قَدَّمَتْ وَأَخَّرَتْ
A soul will [then] know what it has put forth and kept back.
(Then) shall each soul know what it hath sent forward and (what it hath) kept back.
يَا أَيُّهَا الْإِنسَانُ مَا غَرَّكَ بِرَبِّكَ الْكَرِيمِ
O mankind, what has deceived you concerning your Lord, the Generous,
O man! What has seduced thee from thy Lord Most Beneficent? -
الَّذِي خَلَقَكَ فَسَوَّاكَ فَعَدَلَكَ
Who created you, proportioned you, and balanced you?
Him Who created thee. Fashioned thee in due proportion, and gave thee a just bias;
فِي أَيِّ صُورَةٍ مَّا شَاءَ رَكَّبَكَ
In whatever form He willed has He assembled you.
In whatever Form He wills, does He put thee together.
كَلَّا بَلْ تُكَذِّبُونَ بِالدِّينِ
No! But you deny the Recompense.
Nay! But ye do reject Right and Judgment!
وَإِنَّ عَلَيْكُمْ لَحَافِظِينَ
And indeed, [appointed] over you are keepers,
But verily over you (are appointed angels) to protect you, -
كِرَامًا كَاتِبِينَ
Noble and recording;
Kind and honourable, - Writing down (your deeds):
يَعْلَمُونَ مَا تَفْعَلُونَ
They know whatever you do.
They know (and understand) all that ye do.
إِنَّ الْأَبْرَارَ لَفِي نَعِيمٍ
Indeed, the righteous will be in pleasure,
As for the Righteous, they will be in bliss;
وَإِنَّ الْفُجَّارَ لَفِي جَحِيمٍ
And indeed, the wicked will be in Hellfire.
And the Wicked - they will be in the Fire,
يَصْلَوْنَهَا يَوْمَ الدِّينِ
They will [enter to] burn therein on the Day of Recompense,
Which they will enter on the Day of Judgment,
وَمَا هُمْ عَنْهَا بِغَائِبِينَ
And never therefrom will they be absent.
And they will not be able to keep away therefrom.
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا يَوْمُ الدِّينِ
And what can make you know what is the Day of Recompense?
And what will explain to thee what the Day of Judgment is?
ثُمَّ مَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا يَوْمُ الدِّينِ
Then, what can make you know what is the Day of Recompense?
Again, what will explain to thee what the Day of Judgment is?
يَوْمَ لَا تَمْلِكُ نَفْسٌ لِّنَفْسٍ شَيْئًا ۖ وَالْأَمْرُ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلَّهِ
It is the Day when a soul will not possess for another soul [power to do] a thing; and the command, that Day, is [entirely] with Allah.
(It will be) the Day when no soul shall have power (to do) aught for another: For the command, that Day, will be (wholly) with Allah.